wellyou DID blow my new year's resolution for me straight awayso now i can just go ahead and give it up!

:-)

what?what was it?♥♥♥ Cut Back On Chocolate ♥♥♥but when i saw this--> """Wiener Bonbons"""i zoomed inand clicked it LARGE and then had a HUGE bite!{{ i could not help myself;you bring out the chocoholic in me }}

what?what?no calories were actually consumed?

wellnever mind.

{{ it did look extra YUMMY clicked LARGE; i highly recommend everyone does that }}

Hello Merisi! What a wonderful post. You have been to the New Year's Concert, have you? Fantastic. I also appreciate the Annatorte from Demels, it must be really well done and delicious.I wish you a Serene and Joyful 2010 full of beautiful things!:-)

Rosemary,thank you!Luckily, the Anna-Torte is such a rich - but oh so delicious - treat, I need a friend to share it with, because three bites, and you are in chocolate nougat heaven, desiring no more for another six months (that's about the frequency I nosh on that delicacy. ;-)

jeannette stgermain,remember Michelangelo, the sculptor who also painted the frescoes of the Sixtine Chapel at the Vatican? Ross King in his non-fiction book "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling" describes not only the kind of craftmanship it took to create the frescoes, but also how he scaffolded the chapel and how he worked on the ceiling. I want to know for myself about the creation of the ceiling paintings of the Golden Hall, I shall ask a friend who may know.

I was at the Golden Hall for the dress rehearsal, but today's concert I watched on TV. I know there is some kind of a lottery every year, where the luck of the draw decided upon who gets tickets to the actual New Year's Day concert. As far as I know everybody can apply. There is a good part of the tickets allotted to guests of honour, Austria's president for example and other dignitaries.

Just to add that I watched a recording of the concert on BBC last night. It is amazing how much a really great conductor can get out of a really great orchestra with so little arm-waving. It is astonishing how he brought the woodwind in on time with just a slight inclination of his head and half the time he wasn't even using his baton.

1 January 2014Dear friends,I am aware this post will not show up on your newsfeed. The reason being that I only changed the publishing date, henceforth no "new" post showing. I chose to republish only via resetting the date because this comment section to this particular post is like a keepsake for me. Wishing you all the best of everything in the New Year,peace, health, happiness, joy, the whole good side of life,affectionately,Merisi

Now, I am sitting here and pondering: Should I go on with Christmas images until Twelfth Night or ……The sun's shining, a faint promise of spring …. no, I know, snow will come soon enough, January, February, into March, who knows. Now let's seee what "talks" to me while I am archiving the last of 2013!Happy New Year to you all,Merisi

Dear friends from all over:Same procedures as every year since 2010, a repost of what I photographed during and after the rehearsal of the New Year's concert. I repost this with all the comments in memoriam of friends lost but not forgotten.Happy New Year and much love to all of you,Merisi

Dear friends:I can't say I decided to repost these old photographs with the comments from years past, I rather feel compelled to do so. I cherish the comments you all have made over the years, and the memories, and all that goes along with it. Thank you for being in my life, for brightening my day with the knowledge there are people out there who share and acknowledge my passion for Vienna and for trying to capture some of the magic moments I encounter literally ever day here. May you and your loved ones all have a very good year ahead of you! Affectionately,Merisi

I didn't immediately realise this was a re-posting till I saw the dates of the earlier comments. It is splendid nonetheless - I used to enjoy watching the New Year's Day concerts live on TV but this year they are not doing so - they are showing highlights at 7pm tonight - but I can hear it on the radio.

Happy New Year, Merisi! As I'm reading your post, I'm watching the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Celebration on PBS, and wishing so much I was there in person! It feels right to be looking at your beautiful photos while listening to the concert!

Isn't it wonderful how people all over the world have been watching these concerts since before the internet was invented? I was walking by the Musikverein while the Vienna Philharmonic was performing this year's concert. Wishing you a happy New Year, Amy!

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